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Discovering the great cave murals of the Baja peninsula
An article at Mexico News Daily:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/the-great-cave-murals...
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Thank you. Good article.
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Beautiful book..Cave paintings of Baja...I had a copy...Loaned it out and the son of a bich never returned it...
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Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  | | Beautiful book..Cave paintings of Baja...I had a copy...Loaned it out and the son of a bich never returned it... |
There were several editions... yes a good book by Harry Crosby!
1975 was the first edition:
1984:
1997:
Of course, the person who is probably most responsible for enlightening the outside world about these treasures... Perry Mason creator, and Baja
explorer, Erle Stanley Gardner in his 1962 book:
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We are so lucky to live here, where these magical caves are located!
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Blanca, you are so humble.... luck is for gamblers and fools. You are sufficiently SKILLED to make Baja your permanent home and yes, it is MAGICAL.
You are truly blessed, and an inspiration to all.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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David K
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Blanca is living the life! 
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Thanks for sharing.
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We really are living the life! I have Les to thank for having a vision and making it a reality.
Going back to the thread, the only caves we have been to is Cueva del Raton (which I really liked), the cave on the way up to San Javier (where you
can feel their spirit by the stream) and lastly, after a couple tries, I finally got to see the one in Cataviña after hiking up to it.
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | We really are living the life! I have Les to thank for having a vision and making it a reality.
Going back to the thread, the only caves we have been to is Cueva del Raton (which I really liked), the cave on the way up to San Javier (where you
can feel their spirit by the stream) and lastly, after a couple tries, I finally got to see the one in Cataviña after hiking up to it.
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That's a good little climb, right?
Baja Angel and her son Josh, 2006.
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I wonder when the author went to San Borjitas. Last month the road was graded and fairly easy for a truck or SUV with the exception of a couple of
rocky arroyo sections. No helicopter required.
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha |
Blanca, you are so humble.... luck is for gamblers and fools. You are sufficiently SKILLED to make Baja your permanent home and yes, it is MAGICAL.
You are truly blessed, and an inspiration to all. |
x2. Pura vida.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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Are there any cave paintings near Ensenada?
Museo Histórico Regional
Gastélum s/n, Centro, 22800 Ensenada, B.C
Is reopened, and has photos of cave paintings, listed as Ensenada, municipality Ensenada I suppose. I was looking for the parade, so only glanced in
the museo.
Davidk, the museo has a new section on missions.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/the-great-cave-murals...
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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David K
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I hope they used accurate history!
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In living color
This is the museum on Gastelum near Primera in Ensenada. The museum knows things about history.
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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You would be surprised what I have seen in Mexico that is often controlled by political or nationalistic motives over accuracy. It may be perfect, and
that would be awesome.
New information can still be produced to counter the current known details and I welcome that. There have been many papers and letters discovered or
published in the 1950s-70s + that still are not in any mission history books, other than mine. The habit is generally to use a previous author's book
to get data rather than use an original source for data. As I said, there are newly discovered letters found in Spain and other places that shed new
light on what happened so long ago. So many mission books have repeated errors made by one author over 100 years ago.
My passion is to have the best available details so the story of the past is representative of the way things really happened. Writing my book, Baja
California Land of Missions was very rewarding in that these unpublished (in English) documents and other things such as dates, names, and more, could
be relayed to all of you who have a desire to know more about these monumental projects on the peninsula, so long ago.
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 The mural in Hotel riviera shows missions going as far north as San
Francisco.
The Museum, Histórico Regional in Ensenada could well be tthe oldest building in Ensenada.
[[often controlled by political or nationalistic motives]]
They have nothing for sale, no motive. Just a nice museum. Free to tourists, small fee for locals. snicker
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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